Hyperlilnk adds drawing file path.

[Keith.Brown]

I am trying to automatically add some hyperlinks to entities in my drawings but I am encountering an issue that I do not know how to readily solve.  After adding the hyperlink, the drawing path is added to the beginning of the hyperlink which is what I do not want.  Here is my code to get the hyperlink.

Private Sub AddHyperLinkToEntity(entity As Entity, pidData As PidXData)
	Dim linkCollection As HyperLinkCollection = entity.Hyperlinks
	linkCollection.Add(CreateHyperlink(pidData))
End Sub

Private Function CreateHyperlink(data As PidXData) As HyperLink
	Dim hyperLink As HyperLink = new HyperLink()
	hyperLink.Description = "blahblahblah"
	hyperLink.Name =  $"http//www.blahblahblah.com/pdf?programcode='{data.ProgramCode}'?idcount='{data.IdCount}'"
	hyperLink.SubLocation = string.Empty
	Return hyperLink
End Function

It is pretty standard code with nothing special in it.  However, when i print to pdf or look at the link in the properties, the link has been appended to the drawing location.

C:\Demo - Files\02b_PID\http//www.blahblahblah.com/pdf?programcode='301'?idcount='100738'

Is there a way in code to get the link to not add the current drawing path?

[ActivistInvestor]

I'm pretty sure that the value of the HYPERLINKBASE system variable is prefixed to the name when the hyperlink is created.

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@Keith.Brown wrote:

I am trying to automatically add some hyperlinks to entities in my drawings but I am encountering an issue that I do not know how to readily solve.  After adding the hyperlink, the drawing path is added to the beginning of the hyperlink which is what I do not want.  Here is my code to get the hyperlink.

Private Sub AddHyperLinkToEntity(entity As Entity, pidData As PidXData)
	Dim linkCollection As HyperLinkCollection = entity.Hyperlinks
	linkCollection.Add(CreateHyperlink(pidData))
End Sub

Private Function CreateHyperlink(data As PidXData) As HyperLink
	Dim hyperLink As HyperLink = new HyperLink()
	hyperLink.Description = "blahblahblah"
	hyperLink.Name =  $"http//www.blahblahblah.com/pdf?programcode='{data.ProgramCode}'?idcount='{data.IdCount}'"
	hyperLink.SubLocation = string.Empty
	Return hyperLink
End Function

It is pretty standard code with nothing special in it.  However, when i print to pdf or look at the link in the properties, the link has been appended to the drawing location.

C:\Demo - Files\02b_PID\http//www.blahblahblah.com/pdf?programcode='301'?idcount='100738'

Is there a way in code to get the link to not add the current drawing path?

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[Keith.Brown]

That was my believe also but the value is nothing when i checked the parameter.  I guess i can try setting the value to nothing again immediately before trying to set the hyperlink.

[Keith.Brown · Accepted solution]

Ok, i found the issue.  The problem was with my hyperlink.  I was missing the colon after the http so autocad rightfully determined that this was not a valid url and decided that it was instead a bookmark in the current file.  Dumb mistake that cost me a couple of hours.